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1946: The Making of the Modern World

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Availability:In StockContributor:Victor SebestyenPublish date:2016-11-29Pages:480
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9781101910283ISBN-10:1101910283UPC:9781101910283Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCYFG4TH3T
Nineteen forty-six is the year that would signal the beginning of the Cold War, the end of the British Empire, and the beginning of the rivalry between the United States and the USSR. Victor Sebestyen reveals the year's events by chronologically framing what was taking place in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, with seminal decisions made by heads of state that would profoundly change the old order forever. The map of Eastern Europe would be redrawn, Chinese communists would gain decisive victories in their fight for power, and the world would witness the birth of Israel. 1946 was a year of seismic and dramatic events.

Drawing on personal testimonies and new archival research, Sebestyen has written a vivid and compelling narrative that brilliantly evokes the beginning of the Cold War set against a devastated landscape of dystopian horrors.

(With 16 pages of black-and-white photographs.)
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9781101910283ISBN-10:1101910283UPC:9781101910283Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCYFG4TH3T
VICTOR SEBESTYEN was born in Budapest. Newspapers he has worked for include The Times (London), The Daily Mail, and the London Evening Standard. Sebestyen has written for many American publications, including The New York Times. He was an associate editor at Newsweek.
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

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